XXXIV PROCEEDINGS. 



Donald S. McIntosh, M. Sc, professor of geology, 

 Dalhousie University, Halifax, read a paper entitled, "A 

 Study of the Cow Bay Beaches, Halifax County, N. S." 

 (See Transactions, page 109.) The subject was discussed 

 by Dr. Mackenzie, H. Piers, and W. H. Prest. 



Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 



Civil Engineering Lecture Room, N. S. Technical College, 

 Halifax; 10th May, 1916. 



The President, Dr. D. Frasbr Harris, in the chair. 



In the absence of the writer, Carleton B. Nickerson, M. A., 

 read a paper by Henry Jermain Maude Creighton, 

 Dr. Sc, assistant professor of chemistry, Swarthmore 

 College, Swarthmore, Penn., U. S. A., on "The Use of Soaps 

 for the Absorption of Bromine Vapor." (See Transactions, 

 page 120.) The subject was discussed by C. B. Nickerson, 

 Prof. E. Mackay, Prof. Bronson, H. B. Vickery, D. M. 

 Fergusson, and The President. 



Lieutenant George Hugh Henderson, R. C. E., 

 M. A., instructor in physics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 

 read a paper on "The Distribution of the Active Deposit 

 of Radium in an Electric Field." (See Transactions, page 

 123.) The subject was discussed by Prof. Bronson, 

 Prof. E. Mackay, and The President. 



A paper by Alexander H. MacKay, LL. D., F. R. S. C, 

 superintendent of education, Halifax, on "Phenological 

 Observations in Nova Scotia, for 1915," was read by title. 

 (See Transactions, page 133). 



Harry Piers, 



Recording Secretary. 



